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Article: Senegal: despite widespread poverty, many Senegalese prize teranga, or hospitality, above all else.(WORLD)(Cover Story)
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- April 25, 2005
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Imagine sharing your house with 25 family members. For Ibrahima Pouye (poo-WAY) Jr., 13, it's no big deal. He lives in Dakar, Senegal's capital. In this city of skyscrapers and horse-drawn carts, family life and community are highly valued.
Aissatou (EYE-sah-too) Camara, 13, shares a home with her mother, brother, sister, and aunt. Her father died two years ago. Both Ibrahima and Aissatou are in the Senegalese equivalent of seventh grade. Only 10 percent of kids in this impoverished nation attend high school, and much of the adult population cannot read or write.
Ibrahima attends the Ecole Fadilou Diop, the country's first secondary school. It was built ...